Robert Lelangue (born 4 February 1940) is a retired Belgian cyclist who was active between 1958 and 1969. He competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in the road race and finished in 49th place. Next year he turned professional and won one stage of the

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. Later he won a few races, including the Four Days of Dunkirk (1963), six-day race of Montreal (1964) and the

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(1967). After retiring from competitions Lelangue worked as a cycling manager, and from 1986 to 2005 as a technical support staff with the

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. His son

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became a manager in cycling.

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1940 births Living people Olympic cyclists of Belgium Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Belgian male cyclists People from Etterbeek Cyclists from Brussels 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub